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Latest Rainfall stories on ABC North Qld

When rain finally starts to fall on drought-stricken country, the graziers who receive it would probably like to shout about it from the rooftops. But boasting about rainfall figures, particularly on social media, can be a very delicate matter....

Forget Christmas and the New Year - the rain is the main topic of conversation in western Queensland at this time of year. And while many people look to the weather forecast to tell them if the big wet is on its way this summer, others rely on more unusual signs. ...

In India, the drenching rains of the monsoon are slowly sweeping north, replacing heat with humidity. The rainy season's onset brings a mixture of chaos and joy with central India in particular rejoicing after a brutal heatwave and crippling drought so bad that one city resorted to daily ...

The Prime Minister and Opposition Leader have visited areas of Tasmania that have been impacted by this week's flooding. Two dairy farmers in Latrobe are trying to rebuild after losing stock. One neighbour is taking his neighbour's herd into his dairy and is milking them, along with his cows. ...

Launceston residents had to deal with the peak in flood waters and a rising tide today. Thankfully, neither appears to have caused further inundation, but now locals are left with a massive clean up job....